Posted on 10/05/2017 6:35:50 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Some of her comments (to family members) after the shooting are rather odd, to say the least. She appeared to be rather nonchalant about the whole matter—never mind the fact that her boyfriend had just massacred 59 innocent people.
Guess having an alibi (out of the country) and at least $100,000 in the bank—and probably a lot more—will do that to you.
I should have read your post first. That’s exactly what I was thinking.
The guy wasn’t doing this alone. Somebody was scoping out venues. He was getting logistical support.
Is there any chance he was just a fan of one or more of the bands? One or two of the same acts were performing at both venues he allegedly was stalking.
Getting ready to hop on that train as well; guy’s last known “regular” job was at Lockheed, roughly 30 years ago. No evidence (so far) to indicate he made enough during 10 years of employment (postal service, IRS and Lockheed) to bankroll a real estate empire that supported the kind of lifestyle he enjoyed for years before the rampage.
Key pieces of the puzzle still missing. Question is: will we ever be told where they are? The money trail to the Philippines is critical, and so are the aircraft he owned. And quite obviously, the Las Vegas sheriff needs to expand on his comment about Paddock becoming “radicalized.” Clearly, the feds know more than they’re telling—what a surprise.
This incident has “Spooks” and “Deep State” written all over it.
Chance the Rapper and Lorde are legitimate superstars.
Killers and Arcade Fire have had pretty good careers.
You would get a pretty huge cross-section of victims at this show from 14 year old white girls to 20something black guys to 35 year old hipsters.
Somewhere in that news conference I thought someone said that in Oct or Nov of 2016 there seemed to be a change in the shooter, and he started buying more and more weapons. Did I imagine that? Nobody else seemed to pick up on it.
All the liberal elite haters want is one excuse that ignores the effect of their hatred on the culture... Did the guy who shot up Republicans at the baseball practice stay at this hotel too?
Which brings me back to my thought from another thread.
Nothing is going to start to make sense until we have a clear picture of his financial life. Where did he get the money to gamble the way he did, travel the way he did, and buy the arsenal that he appeared to have.
I’m in the “This is just one dude” camp, but if he has hundreds of thousands in gambling losses and tens of thousands in income then all the “He was funded by someone” conspiracy theories start to have a little basis in reality.
And he was a no show.
I understand illegal guns are in high demand in Chicago? Paddock, who I think was a rogue gun/weapons dealer, could have setup a meeting with local MS-13 Blood/Crip types to peddle his wares.
But the meeting/room was cancelled. Just a wild assed guess.
The only name I recognize is Lorde.
According to LE, shooter bought at least 30 of his guns since last October—average of two a month.
If he has hundreds of thousands in gambling losses and tens of thousands in income, then my first reaction was that he was laundering money for someone, not necessarily "funded" by them.
I find it hard to believe he would have chosen these places being reported. Simply too difficult to get weapons to these locations if he didn’t live there. Vegas makes the most sense. Maybe just learning how the events worked, flow of people, etc. Also suggests possibility that he was working with others, handlers maybe that were suggesting options. honestly just speculation like everyone else.
I thought laundering meant converting illegal money into legal money. I don't see how betting it away in a casino launders it, because in the end you don't have it.
The only thing I can think of is that he's willing to spend $10,000 to win back $9,000, and the loss of $1,000 is the "fee" he's willing to pay to launder the remaining $9,000. The risk in this plan is that he can lose it all.
-PJ
It’s a fairly sloppy way to launder money for someone else.
3 percent loss off the top and then whatever fee he collects. There’s several dozens other ways to do this if you are a criminal sophisticated enough to have millions of dollars that needed laundered.
If you are a relatively small time criminal without access to those sources, it’s not a bad way to do it - except you would be announcing to any number of regulators that you have hundreds of thousands in income to begin with.
This isn’t the 70s where you could go to the track and pick up losing race tickets to even out your “losses.” If he’s playing video poker, this is all on his “card.”
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